[LUTE] Re: torbanistica: a few updates

2005-08-12 Thread Roman Turovsky
Regional Iconography 4. RT > > There is also a Gallichone from the same museum that seems to have been > > popular among the Ukrainians as well, see REGIONAL ICONOGRAPHY section. > > Couldn't find it. Which is it? > > Best, > > Mathias > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information a

[LUTE] Re: torbanistica: a few updates

2005-08-12 Thread Mathias Rösel
"Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > There is also a Gallichone from the same museum that seems to have been > popular among the Ukrainians as well, see REGIONAL ICONOGRAPHY section. Couldn't find it. Which is it? Best, Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at ht

[LUTE] torbanistica: a few updates

2005-08-12 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have an interesting photo of the Prague museum Angelique (thanks to Greet Schamp!!!) that clearly shows torban's lineage. See chapter 3 in http://polyhymnion.org/torban There is also a Gallichone from the same museum that seems to have been popular among the Ukrainians as well, see REGIONAL ICONO

torbanistica

2004-07-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have quite a few interesting updates, mainly (but not only) in the Regional Iconography pages at http://polyhymnion.org/torban Enjoy, RT

Re: OT: folk-music WAS: TORBANISTICA

2004-05-09 Thread Jon Murphy
bill, I can't imagine what that monster was, nor can I remember the sound (it was about 55 years ago when I listened to him on the radio). I get the feeling that the text may be a bit of a "puff piece", he wasn't that good. A weak voice, but a sense imparted of the older music. Very proper in phra

Re: OT: folk-music WAS: TORBANISTICA

2004-05-09 Thread Jon Murphy
Have you no sense of humor, sir? Must everything revert to the conventional wisdom of "these days"? Or perhaps a sense of proportion - it was Niles who introduced me to the whole idea of "early" folk music, whether faux or real (and I don't know how you define the latter). I started with the Scots

Re: OT: folk-music WAS: TORBANISTICA

2004-05-08 Thread bill
before my time, i'm afraid but what do you call that instrument he played (http://www.john-jacob-niles.com/). looks like an absolute monster! On Sabato, mag 8, 2004, at 07:54 Europe/Rome, Jon Murphy wrote: > bill, what ever happened to John Jacob Niles? > > Best, Jon > >

Re: OT: folk-music WAS: TORBANISTICA

2004-05-08 Thread Roman Turovsky
Niles these days is considered to have been an excellent and important composer-songwriter of faux-folk songs. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org > bill, what ever happened to John Jacob Niles? > > Best, Jon > > >

Re: OT: folk-music WAS: TORBANISTICA

2004-05-07 Thread Jon Murphy
bill, what ever happened to John Jacob Niles? Best, Jon

Re: OT: folk-music WAS: TORBANISTICA

2004-05-07 Thread bill
On Venerdì, mag 7, 2004, at 14:09 Europe/Rome, Roman Turovsky wrote: > the era of Theodore Bikel is over maybe... but burl ives lives forever; the kingston trio too! chad mitchell trio...phil okes... frederick and nina (what!?!)... fraternally yours - bill

OT: folk-music WAS: TORBANISTICA

2004-05-07 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Conversation over, both on and off list. I'm sorry about that, and I > certainly will continue to read your posts - I learn from them sometimes. Good. Times have a-changed a bit, the era of Theodore Bikel is over. RT

Re: TORBANISTICA & MAY 1

2004-05-06 Thread Jon Murphy
> Jon, this is really of no interest to this lutelist, and you should have > kept it private. Roman, You opened it on the lutelist with unmannerly comments to me, rather than more gentle language - we continued it in private , and I would have accepted your above quoted suggestion. But in the re

Re: TORBANISTICA & MAY 1

2004-05-05 Thread Roman Turovsky
> I have just gone to your site for the first time, and listened to those > Ukrainian folk songs that you have set up on MIDI. They are beautiful. I Thank you. > bring our conversation back on list to this purpose. Why is it that I can > accept and love the folk traditions of your heritage, and yo

Re: TORBANISTICA & MAY 1

2004-05-05 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have neglected to provide the synopsis for the unannounced item BETWEEN the 2, "Zakuvala Zazulen'ka": "The Cuckoo sings in a cherry orchard, a mother prepares her son to go off to Caesar's war." A part of Ukraine was in Austro-Hungarian domain until 1919. RT > One more item, from ca. 1800 (13-cou

Re: TORBANISTICA & MAY 1

2004-05-04 Thread Jon Murphy
Roman, I have just gone to your site for the first time, and listened to those Ukrainian folk songs that you have set up on MIDI. They are beautiful. I bring our conversation back on list to this purpose. Why is it that I can accept and love the folk traditions of your heritage, and you call mine

Re: TORBANISTICA & MAY 1

2004-05-04 Thread Roman Turovsky
One more item, from ca. 1800 (13-course) Synopsis: "A young girl asking her grandmother's advice. She cannot stop dreaming of a certain cossack". http://polyhymnion.org/lieder/lieder.html RT __ > I have just posted another Ukrainian folk song with obbligato > Torban/Baroque-Lute, at > h

FW: TORBANISTICA & MAY 1

2004-05-02 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have just posted another Ukrainian folk song with obbligato Torban/Baroque-Lute, at http://polyhymnion.org/torban/torban4.html This time there is no bloodshed in it. The synopsis is: "Dear Moon, shine your light on no one, except my sweetheart, when he walks home". Enjoy, RT

torbanistica

2004-03-25 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have just put up a photo of the Royal College of Music Torban (seems to be identical with the Razumovsky Torban in Vienna), for those interested. http://polyhymnion.org/torban Chapter IIIb RT

FW: torbanistica

2004-03-11 Thread Roman Turovsky
Dear e-friends, I have posted a few more extraordinary Ukrainian folk songs adapted for Baroque Lute (with sound-files) at http://polyhymnion.org/torban/torban4.html Enjoy, RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org

torbanistica

2004-01-13 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have some interesting new material in the iconography department at http://polyhymnion.org/torban , for those interested. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org

torbanistica

2003-10-20 Thread Roman Turovsky
Dear e-friends, et chers e-amis, I have posted a PDF of a remarkable set of variations on a rather bitter Ukrainian folk song which dates from ca. 1780. It laments the abolition of the last remaining Ukrainian liberties by a decree of Catherine "the great". MP3 is included (all on page 4) http://po

torbanistica

2003-10-11 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have just posted the Poznan Museum Torban spec sheet by Alicja Knast at http://polyhymnion.org/torban The link is in "Chapter III" for those interested. RT

torbanistica

2003-09-15 Thread ROMAN TUROVSKY
Dear e-friends, Just to let you know that the ICONOGRAPHY section at http://polyhymnion.org/torban has grown twofold and now is in 2 parts, with a dozen more reproductions of the 19th century postcards full of fascinating details. Enjoy, RT